Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics:

NFI summary and statistical analysis reports on tree cover outside woodland

Introduction

The Forestry Commission’s arrangements for pre-release access to Official Statistics are described in a Pre-Release Access Statement(^1).

This document supplements the statement by giving the names and/or job titles of all those persons to whom pre-release access has been granted to the NFI summary and statistical analysis reports on tree cover outside woodland. The report covers 2 forms of pre-release access:

- Part 1 provides a list of those receiving pre-release access to the Official Statistics in their final form for briefing purposes. As this is a release covering Great Britain, the pre-release access period is **limited to 24 hours**.

- Part 2 provides a list of those receiving pre-release access for quality assurance purposes.

The justification for giving advance access to each listed recipient will be available on request.

Sheila Ward Forestry Commission Lead Official for Statistics Updated April 2017

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(^1) [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-83mfrz](http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-83mfrz) Part 1: Pre-release access to final form (24 hours) (last updated April 2017)

- The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

- Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Minister for Forestry

- PS/ Minister for Forestry, Defra

- Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Defra

- George Eustice MP, Minister of State, Defra

- Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary, Defra

- Ian Gambles, Director, Forestry Commission England

- Richard Greenhous, Director of Forest Services, FC England

- Stephanie Rhodes, Head of Policy and Strategy, Forest Services

- Joe Watts, Head of Sustainable Forest Management, FC England

- Richard Britton, Head of Delivery, Forest Services, Forestry Commission England

- Rebecca Binns, Head of PR and Partnerships, Forestry Commission England

- Steve Scott, Area Director for East and East Midlands, Forest Services, Forestry Commission England

- Ben Scotchbrook, Chief Communications Officer, FC Corporate Communications

- Louisa Aveyard, Head of Transformation, FC Corporate Communications

- Simon Hodgson, Chief Executive of Forest Enterprise England

- Jonathan Spencer, Planning & Environment Manager, FE England

- Alan Corson, Harvesting & Marketing Officer, FE England

- Michael Seddon, Head of Operations, Forest Enterprise England

- Steve Meeks, Chief of Staff, Forestry Commission England

- Paula Reading, Forestry Policy Adviser, (Defra)

- Rachel Ford, Chief Communications Officer, Defra

- Natasha Moor, Communications Officer, Defra

- Lee Cain, Media Special Adviser, Defra

- Guy Robinson, Policy Special Adviser, Defra

- Stephen Penlington, Team Leader Trees, Woodlands & Forestry Policy, Defra

- Shirley Trundle, Defra

- Tim Hughes, Defra

- Sonia Phippard, Defra

- Colin Whelan, Defra

- Holmes-Jennings, Defra

- Karen Hetherington, Defra

- David Kennedy, Defra Pre-Release Access - Recipients

- Melissa Brown, Defra

- Margaret Read, Defra

- James Pendlebury, Chief Executive, Forest Research

- Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity

- Rosanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform

- PS/DG Economy, Scottish Government

- Bridget Campbell, Director, Environment and Forestry, Scottish Government

- Kate Higgins, Special Adviser, Scottish Government

- David Miller, Special Adviser, Scottish Government

- Keith Connal, Natural Resources, Scottish Government

- Ginny Gardner, Natural Resources, Scottish Government

- Victoria Pescodd Communications Rural Economy and Connectivity & Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Scottish Government

- Carole Barker-Munro, Forestry Bill Manager, Scottish Government

- Simon Hodge, CE, FE Scotland

- Trefor Owen, FE Scotland

- Jo O’Hara, Head of FC Scotland

- James Ogilvie, Acting Head of Policy, FC Scotland

- Jonathan Taylor, Head of Secretariat FC Scotland

- Michael Hymers, Head of Corporate Support, FES

- John Cummings, Secretariat FC Scotland

- Steve Williams, Press officer, FC Scotland

- Paul Munro, Press Office, FC Scotland

- Derek Nelson, Business Development Policy Advisor, FC Scotland

- Jane Hutt, Leader of the House and Chief Whip, Welsh Government

- PS Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government

- PS/First Minister, Welsh Government

- PS/Minister for Finance and Local Government, Welsh Government

- PS/Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government

- Alex Rawlin, Special Adviser, Welsh Government

- Peter Greening, Cabinet Secretary, Welsh Government

- Jo Kiernan, Special Adviser to the First Minister

- James Price, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

- Hazel Sisley, Forestry Policy Team, Welsh Government

- Carys Clarke, Head of Sponsorship, Welsh Government

- Glyn Jones, Chief Statistician, Welsh Government

- Andrew Slade, Director, Agriculture, Food and Marine, Welsh Government Pre-Release Access - Recipients

- Chris Lea, Deputy Director Land, Nature and Forestry Division, Welsh Government

- Bill MacDonald, Head of Forestry Policy, Welsh Government

- Debbie Westlake, Senior Ministerial Support Office, Welsh Government

- Chris James, Senior Strategic Policy Framework and Legal Adviser, Welsh Government

- Heledd Owen, Head of Communications and Marketing, Natural Resources Dept, Welsh Government

- Sue Leake, LGC and Natural Resources Statistics Collection, Welsh Government

- Simon Jenkins, Head of News, Welsh Government

- Matt Greenough, Special Adviser for Strategic Communications, Welsh Government

- Ruth Jenkins, Head of Natural Resources Strategy and Planning, NRW

- Richard Cardwell, Senior Statistician, NRW

- Michelle van-Velzen, Sustainable Land management Team Leader, NRW Part 2: Pre-release access for quality assurance

(last updated April 2017)

- Mark Broadmeadow, Principal Adviser, Climate Change, FC England
- Ian Tubby, Principal Adviser, Business and Markets, FC England
- Bob Frost, Community Development Policy Adviser, FC Scotland
- Jim Dewar, Head of Forestry Policy and Practice, FC Scotland
- James Ogilvie, Acting Head of Policy, FC Scotland
- Jason Hubert, Head of Business Development, FC Scotland
- Bill MacDonald, Head of Forestry Policy, Welsh Government
- Chris James, Senior Strategic Policy Framework and Legal Adviser, Welsh Government
- William Somerfield, Land use & Sustainable Forest Management Adviser, Welsh Government
- Peter Freer-Smith, Research Director, Forest Research
- Sheila Ward, Statistician, IFOS-Forest Research
- Peter Weston, Head of Inventory, Forecasting & Operational Support (IFOS), Forest Research